From the outset, Apoapis maps an introspective and involving musical vision. Shima draws on the history of British electronics, adopting techno and electronica into his cerebral sound. […]
Author: Robbie Geoghegan
Fader :: Fortunate Alpha (Borneo)
In recent years there seems to have been a reduction in the number of artists exploring the sounds of cosmic and italo. It’s interesting to […]
Ståltråd & Sturmkapelle :: Double review (Förderung Kosmischer Kunst – Musik)
The hive of Kerkrach is a labyrinth of activity, catacombs of sublabels that divide into avenues of cold wave, synth-pop, analogue punk and beyond into […]
DJ Stingray & M.N.L.T.H. :: Double review (WEME)
For more than a decade Belgium’s WEME Records have been beavering away, bringing forth a spread of music from a rich catalogue of talent. The imprint […]
Nine Circles :: How’s About The Aims In Life / Your Heat Burns My Mask (Self-Release)
This 7″ is a precursor to Nine Circles’ full double LP on Genetic Music, an album to get many a synth wave zealot salivating in […]
SOLVENT :: Dreaming of wires
Igloo Magazine caught up with the analogue enthusiast (Jason Amm aka Solvent) to find out what makes this musical machine man tick. An exclusive mix of […]
Relative Kalte :: Zerstört (Plastic Frog)
Relative Kalte are different to most modern synth wave outfits. Their sounds are not retrofitted or glassy eyed vintage, instead they are clean-cut contemporary. A synth […]
V/A :: BR01 (Blackred)
Blackred, as a club night, focused on the sounds of electro and its orbiting sonic satellites. This mini-album comes from the same place. The measured […]
Alex Israel :: Wichetty Dreams EP (Night Gallery)
Israel displays the upstairs and downstairs club experience, the relaxation of lounge and the fuller tones of the floor. [Release page] The wind is in […]
Paul Mitchell :: An Expedition (Tabernacle)
Mitchell constructs warm and foundational melodies, developing them into shimmering works of electronic sound. In a medium that can sometimes alienate, Mitchell invites, involves and […]
Twins Natalia / Marsheaux :: Radial Emotion / When We Were Young (Anna Logue)
For their latest, Schaffer’s label offer up a bright vision of synth pop. The teeth are white and the sounds are clean. An enjoyable excursion […]














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